Brian Kelly joined The Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday morning and discussed the state of affairs ahead of what promises to be a unique 2020 college football season. Here is page two of his responses.
Protocols in place for team:
“Notre Dame’s – this has really been driven by each institution. Certainly, there is an eye towards the state’s CDC guidelines. The NCAA has one, in particular, the 72-hour testing mandate, where all teams must be tested 72 hours prior to competition.
“By and large, it’s been about the institutions putting together their own procedures and protocols as it relates to how to keep their football team safe and healthy.”
Impact of Pac-12 and Big Ten cancellations:
“As an independent, we lose some of those natural rivalries we’ve played for years. Certainly, the USC game, Stanford and we will not play Wisconsin. We have a collateral agreement with the ACC and we’ll lean heavily on that. Jack Swarbrick has been involved in that in terms of setting up the schedule.
“We feel confident we’re going to have a very competitive schedule using the ACC as a really good partner in this moving forward.
“There are other conferences that have come out not wanting to give up those non-league games and those stay on the table for us as well. We’ll see how that plays out over the next couple weeks.”
On the SEC wanting to play no-matter what others say and do:
“There are some natural rivalries the SEC and ACC have – the South Carolina/Clemson game. Kentucky/Louisville. Florida against Florida State. We have Arkansas on our schedule this year. That’s conceivable those games may want to stay on the schedule. The SEC is evaluating the landscape in our country and where we are. I think the ACC may be doing the same as well. I think you’ll see some things start to clear up over the next week.”
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